J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hints River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cloudy Sky c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cloudy Sky’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Cloudy Sky circa 1815–18
D10619
Turner Bequest CXLI 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with colour notes ‘Greenish Cloud dark’, ‘...marked with | orange’, ‘Grey’ and ‘Light Salmon | Cloud red’ within image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXL 20’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 19 verso (D10618), for which see catalogue note.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cloudy Sky c.1815–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cloudy-sky-r1131672, accessed 21 September 2024.